The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-16
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
news. OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

The Treasurer of Hancock County
Removed from Office.
GEORGIA.
Americas is to have a telephone exchange.
The whooping cough is prevalent through
out Whitfield county.
The new PRESBYTERIAN church at Thomas
vile will soon be commenced.
The Baptist parsonage at Dawson is being
enlarged and otherwise improved.
No watermelons have been shipped from
Dawson this season, and none will be.
B. F. Shrewder, Of Fort Worth, Tex, has
opened chicken ranchi in Fletcherville.
The track of the Gainesville street rail
road is being extended to the Hunt House.
The tax valuation of property i'll Rock
dale county is 1921 900 higher than last year
At Thomasville Moore a. Williams have
bought out the stock and good will Of J. L..
Finn.
Watormelons weighing thirty pounds
each have sold for l0c. piece III Perry this
week.
Seventy-four cars Of melons have so far
been brought to Cuthbert by the Fort Gaines
trains.
The canine population of Albany has been
diminished more than 80 per cent. by poison
during the last two years.
The meeting Of the Whitfield County Sab
bath School Association has been changed
from July 30 to Aug. 10 next.
A tomato which weighed one pound and
six ounces has just been picked by Judge
r. II. Hardaway, Of Townsville.
The peach crop in the immediate vicinity
of Albany IS almost total failure this year,
but the fig crop is an abundant one.
Bagging and ties are being received by
Dawson warehousemen. 1t won't be long
now before cotton will begin coming in
The counties Of Whitfield and Murray are
making arrangements to build an iron
bridge over the Conasauga river at Tilton,
Preparations are being made TO entertain
the visiting members of the State Horticul-
tural Society, which meets in Dalton next
month
Oscar Whitchard and George Brcedlove
will open a stock of general merchandise in
one of Hatcher Bros. new stores at Dawson
this fall
Capt. Z. S. Law, of Townsville, will
leave for Dodge county in a few days to
survey tramroad for the AmosIeag Mill
Company.
The Dawson manufacturing company has
begun the erection of residence for w. r.
Riordan on Vine street, opposite the Rug
giles dwelling.
c. B. SCOTS boy had one of his toes
cut off at Gainesville day or two ago, by
being run over by the carriage at Har-
groves saw mill.
A good living is made by several in Fort
Valley peddling fruit at the trains. A good
many little boys make from SOC. to SOC. a
day clear on fruit.
An option has been taken out on 900
acres of iron and coal lands around Tren-
ton, in Dade county, to the amount of some
thing near $l50,000.
At the last meeting of the City Council of
Columbus $3.50 was appropriated to have
100 of the maps of the city framed and sent
abroad for advertising purposes.
AT Augusta the trenches are being dug
for the foundations of the new Masonic
temple The people generally are anxiously
awaiting the progress of this editice.
The corn crop was never more promising,
and the yield will be simply immense. No
q Western raised corn will find its way into
the gamers of North Georgia this year
Only about six digests have been received
so far, and every one shows an increase ex-
cept that from Forsyth county. There is
no particular reason why that county should
fall short.
At Cuthbert on Tuesday July &c, there will
be a gander pulling, beef shooting, walking
match, water fight, reel racing and other
amusements, TO last all day, and free to
everybody.
During a recent week of self-denial the
members of the Woman's Foreign Mission
airy Society in Washington, raised about
S32. This was over and above what they
regularly pay in.
The work on w. c. Pittman's new store
at Townsville is progressing finely Mr.
Pittman has spent thousands of dollars in
the past few years in improvements in the
city, and still continues TO show his faith in
its future.
Tax Receiver Harris, of Terrell county,
has closed his books and is prepared to make
his report to the Comptroller General The
property in the county has increased SOL sos
within the last year. The negroes gave in
$50, 1884 worth of property.
Lieut.. Walter A. Taylor, who recently
graduated at West Point, and who has been
spending some time at his old home at
Townsville will leave for the West soon
where he will enter upon his duties as a
Lieutenant of the Sixteenth regiment of
Infantry.
While Jack Elliot, of Villa Rica, who is
ffaginan on the construction train was
coupling cars last Thursday, his thumb on
bis right hand was caught between the
coupling Spin and dead-wood and mashed
terribly. The accident occurred near An
niston. Mr.. Elliot came home Thursday
evening and DR.. Slaughter amputated his
thumb.
At Dawson Wade Davis and Wesley Do
zier have withdrawn from the firm of vii.
liams, Davis & Dozier, and Messrs. James
Williams and Dennis Davis will remain to-
gether and continue business at the same
stand. On Aug. Wade Davis and Wesley
Dozier will open n stock of general mer-
chandise in the store now occupied by J. A.
Lowrey g. Co.
Adjt. Gen. Kell has received the resgna-
ton of ID Lieut.. A. F. Kelley, of the City
Light Guards,o of Columbus, Ga. An cleo
tion will be had TO fill the vacancy within a
few days An election to fill the position
of Captain of the Warren Rifles will be held
at Warrenton on July 80; an election to fill
the Captaincy of the Scriven Troop will
occur on July %.
The Work on the Presbyterian church al
Gainesville is progressing rapidly. On tear
ing down the old church TO make room foI
the new ono now being erected, a short
piece of neatly planned plank was found be-
tween the plastering and weather boards, on
which was neatly written with u lead pencil
the following: rs. T. Brooks, Master Car
penter, 1859, Gainesville, Ca
There were 5000 strangers, more or less
In Dawson last Friday, but out of all that
number only one arrest was made, and that
was the arrest of a man for cruelty whip
ping his horse. Considering the vast con
course of spectators who had Travelled many
weary mile TO sec fellow-being launched
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